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Re:Apple Hires Key Chip Designer From ARM as Own Efforts Ram... by rbanffy on Thursday June 27, 2019 @03:41AM (#20292449)
> One cannot have security while allowing apps to do whatever they feel like.

One cannot have a general purpose computer while preventing apps to do whatever they were designed to do.

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Re:Apple Hires Key Chip Designer From ARM as Own Efforts Ram... by pjmlp on Thursday June 27, 2019 @05:01AM (#20292803)
Sure one can, that is what permissions are for.

I don't want random applications to access $HOME just because they feel like it.

If the application was designed for accessing $HOME given its purpose, then I as user, will gladly authorize it.

As developer, and someone that in the past dealt with games and mobile development like J2ME and Symbian, I don't see a big issue going through app certification processes.

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